Since at least four of bargaining groups have a proven record of not challenging the county, the committee is a rubber stamp.

True, the police union challenged the increase and lost it for the active members but won for the retired members because of other contractual obligations the county agreed to. This is all spelled out in the arbitration decision, the Baltimore County Circuit Court decision and the Maryland Court of Appeals ruling.

However, it appears that County Executive Kevin Kamenetz has chosen to ignore the many court rulings against the county and is trying to drag this matter out, which is costing the taxpayers thousands if not millions of dollars. Is this prudent financial management?

I think not. The bottom line is the county is wrong here and the courts have said so.

Last week, a Garrett County resident testified in Annapolis that Maryland should proceed with fracking, the dangerous industrial practice recently banned in New York. He claimed that Western Maryland needs the jobs. I ask, what jobs?

If Americans and political leaders honestly care to lower heroin addiction rates ("War on heroin starts with teens," Feb. 27 and "Hogan creates two panels for fight against heroin," Feb. 25), they should end cannabis (marijuana) prohibition.

I have no sympathy for Derrick Jones and other employees at The Baltimore City Detention Center who allowed themselves to be corrupted by the Black Guerrilla Family ("Jail supervisor, National Guardsman sentenced to 20 months in BGF case," Feb. 27).

I watched the Fox coverage of the Conservative Political Action Conference or CPAC and heard all the vitriol in speeches from the hopeful candidates attacking Hillary Clinton. Now, I find Jonah Goldberg getting his two cents in The Sun ("Hillary Clinton's identity crisis," Feb. 27).